Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Throughout life, everyone faces adversity. Often times, high school is referred to as a teenager’s “glory years.” However, Springfield High School senior Alex Naccarato had his life challenged and changed forever when he was diagnosed during holiday break with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

A young man and his battle with cancer
Communities come together during local hardship
By ERICKA SCHOFF
Alex Naccarato cheering on the team at a recent Springfield High School basketball game.
— PHOTO BY ERICKA SCHOFF
Alex Naccarato cheering on the team at a recent Springfield High School basketball game. — PHOTO BY ERICKA SCHOFF
SPRINGFIELD — Throughout life, everyone faces adversity. Often times, high school is referred to as a teenager’s “glory years.” However, Springfield High School (SHS) senior Alex Naccarato had his life challenged and changed forever when he was diagnosed during holiday break with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Naccarato grew up with a very normal life. He has spent his whole high school career playing basketball for SHS and is an active member of the National Honor Society, Student Governance Board, and is the treasurer of his class.
While Naccarato is described by his peers and teachers as outgoing, intelligent and the life of the classroom, midway through his senior year, his light was beginning to fade. He began feeling tired, weak and unlike himself. Naccarato knew something was wrong.
“It was overwhelming to find out I had cancer. I never would have imagined that I would get it,” he said. “I always considered myself a healthy guy and never thought that my diagnosis would've been cancer.”
With this new diagnosis, Naccarato knew his life was about to change forever. He began thinking about how he was going to be able to maintain the most normal, enjoyable senior year possible, while undergoing chemotherapy every two weeks.
“On chemotherapy days, I usually get up around five or six in the morning to head up to Dartmouth for the day. I generally have a couple of appointments before my chemotherapy starts,” explained Naccarato. “Nights of chemotherapy are generally laid back. I get tired and some of the side effects of the ABVD (a chemotherapy used for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma) treatment start to kick in. Once those few days are over, I generally feel pretty good until the next treatment.”
As if the battle of cancer as a teenager isn’t unimaginable enough, Naccarato has attended school almost every day since his treatments have begun and still travels with his basketball team to give them support. His strength through adversity is mind boggling and greatly admired. Throughout this transitioning period in his life, Naccarato and his teammates have created an even stronger bond.
“Lately, I've been feeling well enough to go to practices and even shoot the ball on the sideline. My team and other teams have been really supportive so far,” he said. “The Fall Mountain basketball team gave me a gift that will come in handy during treatments, and signed a card sending their thoughts and wishes. The basketball community around me is really coming together and supporting me a ton.”
In addition to the support Naccarato is receiving from the local basketball communities, he is also having a benefit game. On Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. at Riverside Middle School, the Springfield Booster Club will donate all proceeds of the night to help pay for medical and travel expenses during Naccarato’s treatment. T-shirts are also currently being sold by the Booster Club.
Naccarato and his family are thankful for all of the support they are receiving and are so amazed with how the community has come together to help a local senior.
“To all who support me, I thank you very much. No matter what form it comes in, I appreciate it all,” concluded Naccarato. “It has overwhelmed me for sure, but definitely in a good way. I'm very thankful for all of my family, friends, teachers, and community members for supporting me.”

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Truth! Charlottesville car ramming investigation not limited to the driver
8/13/2017 0 Comments
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​The feds are looking into whether James Alex Fields Jr., the suspect accused of ramming his car into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., had help planning the alleged attack, a senior Justice Department official familar with the investigation told Fox News on Sunday.
The DOJ has opened a federal civil rights hate crime investigation into Saturday's crash, which killed one person and injured 19 others. "The investigation is not limited to the driver. We will investigate whether others may have been involved in planning the attack," the official said, adding that domestic terrorism charges are possible as well.
Well it looks like the so called driver that killed one person and injured around 20 in Charlottesville, VA may not just be the only person involved in the violent attack. Remember that James Alex Fields Jr.'s name doesn't even come up on the regsistration of the vehicle, as the vehicle registration is registered in Michigan even though it has Ohio plates to Jerome Vangheluwe the father of a Antifa member and anti Trumper Joel Vangheluwe.
Now if you look at Joel's Facebook page, you will see a photo that claims the car as his, so since the investigation now involves more than just the person behind the wheel...It's likely Joel or Jerome Vangheluwe the owners of the car possibly brainwashed James Alex Fields to do the attack. See folks eventually you can connect the dots, and this was likely an ordered hit by the Vangheluwe family in Michigan who could of possibly brainwashed James Alex Fields into this attack as the DOJ is reporting that the driver may not be the only person involved in this horrible incident.